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Microsoft Adopts SVG For Internet Explorer 9

Posted by timothy on from the what-will-child-services-say dept.

An anonymous reader writes "SVG has been a published standard for almost a decade. Microsoft has had nothing to do with it, even while every other major browser adopted SVG as a supported format and interface. Just in the last few weeks, though, Microsoft has thrown a surprising amount of its weight behind SVG." This means for IE 9, but it's a start.

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  1. Re:Well, that's a surprise. by davester666 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sir, how dare you question the integrity of Microsoft.

    Oh, wait, Microsoft is a corporation. It has no integrity.

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  2. Hello Mr Apologist by SmallFurryCreature · · Score: 0, Troll

    What are you babbling about. IT IS A BROWSER. Other browsers can support standards on XP, so why can't they? Opera/Firefox/Chome do it on various OS'es at the same time. So why can't MS?

    Low level video functions... what do they have to do with STANDARDS?

    Stop gulping down the koolaid and LOOK at what you are writing here. You are saying that MS can not produce a standard compliant browser for XP because it can't access low level video functions on its own OS.

    MS still makes money from XP, so why not simply release a browser for it that is build for it? Or do you really believe a BROWSER needs such specific access to video systems to run fast unlike COUNTLESS games?

    And how come all the other browser makers don't need this access?

    Come back when you have taken Ballmer's cock out of your mouth.

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